Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-03

| Nitrogen in nitrates..-."....""...C.O233
Free ammonia
| Albumenpid COMMUNICATIONS
Har,. ress equiv. to Before boil 'g..6, 1926
Carb'nate Of lime After..-"""""8.64O4
| Organic and volatile matter."....O 1888
Mineral
| Totals solids at 24O deg. F.".....S 1860
DIR c. P. HouoH, c. H. CHANDLER,
26 E. Granite st., Ph. ID.
Butte City, NJ. T.
THE COMMITTEES REPORT.
To the HONORABLE CITY Counc'l-GrS1LE-
MEN: Herewith please ind analysis Ut a
sample of water from the reservoir OF the
Silver Bow Water Company. sent to Prof.
Chandler, OF New York City. In his com.
munication he states the analysis is very
su satisfactory. and that the water does not
show any evidence whatever Of conta miua-
ticn. Your committee is reliably informed
| that 1T the depth OF ten feet in the pump
station reservoir and trench OF the Sill
yer Bow Water Company there is a con-
! sta mt flow Of seepage water from the south
| and west. At u depth - twenty-six feet
in the cemetery we'll, which 10 $50 yards
| d;stant from the pump station. we also fiLd
/! n flow Il seepaee water coming from the
! south side OF the we'll, which is eaid to
amo to one and one-half inches OF
| water, miners measurement. This is rum
| nirg upon y stratum Ct 50 called clay; the
seepage flow at the pump station also
Il VS. on n stratum Of clay on an incline
81 about nine feet lower than the stratum
Of clay in the cemetery we'll. Grove Guleh
i. said t. sink in very dry reasons at y
point about 300 hundred feet west OF the
slausnter house. which point is now
i 500 yards southeast OF the pump
station, snd some sixty.tbree feet
higher than the seepage frw
into the pump station tank. 1t also sinks
where the rad crosses it, and 10 at this
point l 200 feet South Of the pump station.
and 81 feet higher than the seepage how
into the pump station tank. 1t may dis.
appear at any point between this and it's
to- miuns in the marsh where it beeOmes
10, /. This marsh il 600 yards southeast
~ the pump station. n about fifteen 'e~t
higher thar the Set pag. flow Into the pump
-tAtion tank. thus showing q gradual in
cline from the south, southeast and south
west toward the pump station and Silver
Bow Creek. The watjr forming Grove
Gulch passes before sinking, through a
n cattle corral where, for more b ten
years, O large number OF cow have been
kept. We have here in great quantity the
accommodations customary about such
vDld CCGs dDu 1bSVs - Vbb U0by OANVN VIZ
A short distance below this is q slaughter
| house hich has been in u>efoP many years.
| At the present time there are being elaught-
cred ut this place. acme ten heal Of cattle
and about forty sheep daily. Much III the
| stripping aud blood go into this stream.
Two wells were sunk near the cast ii the
slaughter house, but sitter a few weeks were
n banduned, the water briDg unfit for
use on acconnt III seepage. Two wells were
sunk Mt the harding houses nsar the
Butte Reduction Works, n to = depth of
seven feet, and one to a depth 81 niue feet,
when water was reach in 4 sort OF peat Of
noted and oft referred to living spring ut
the Butte Reduction Works (thc one that
determined the location Of the pump sta
,ion) has been abandoned because the
wa ter in no longer fit for use. 1t 10 claimed
t" HI We been rendered SO by the Stag which
is not less than seventy.five feet distant
from the well, and on the bank OF the
creek ON the opposite side OF the works.
j. onld the water Of Silver Bow Creek have
conta minated this spring. As strange and
u~naccountable AZ it may appear, this very
wealthy corporation has most carefully
collected and safely conducted a body OF
surface water. varjonsly estimated at from
| three to five mincrs' inches, amounting to
not less than $4,000 gallons per day, into
the pump station tank, to mingle with the
fubterrs mean water and be pumped into
the distributing reservoirs, and from them
gwen to tine consumers Tor general U.s..
| Your committee is forced to the conc;u-
zion that the seepage flow in all
that portion Of The valley north
Of Grove Gu!ch is the same body Of water.
We ~ill now give our attention to the body
Of water found under the bel OF clay in the
... A~.L --l 49, RA .l~ 4 he
secpage now in a bed Of qnicksand. In the
cemetery well, two and n half feet below the
eeepage flow, we find the anne conditions.
At n depth Of twelve feet in the corral, at a
depth OF twenty four feet, near the Bell
Smeiter, at Il depth OF twenty-five ut the
Parrot Sme!ter. the same conditions are
reported. We believe this 10 one common
body Of wat r. The amount Of seepage
water at the Parrot Shelter was very
great. necessitntiDg the use OF q pump and
it WAS the opinion Of Mr.. Gaylord that il he
bad ~persevered he would rave drawn the
water from, his well. some 400 yards dis.
tant. Your committee has asked the opin.
ION of a number Of gentlemen connected
with our leading mines. who are quite con
versant with the geological formation in
and about this region. whose great good
Judgment and large experience entities their
views to the most careful and respectful
cousid+ ration; Messrs. Marcus DAILY, A.
Wartenw eiIer. j. +. Gaylord, Thomas
Couch, Ben + 1ibbey and Walter 8. Kelly,
having carefully inspected that portion OF
| the VT lley north Of Grove Gulch. and &C.
cepting as true the statements made to
them by this committee as enumerated in
this report, do nhesitatingly state that he
surface water in that portion north OF
Grove Gu'ch is all Of the sa,e body Of
water: and that the earth removed from
the cemetery well IL coarse sand, AMI such
as would readily permit water to seep
through it to the 80 called clay bed BE-.
~ cath. And hat what is called the sub
'erranean body Of water extends md r
the greater portion of the valley. Yet in
their opin outhsse things are oi minor i'm.
p%ortance. ami the great source Of contami.
mutton to be found il from the pollution Of
Silver Bow tre+k by the quarts mills.
copper smelters and setpagrs gener.
ally. Silver Bow Geek empties int"
Blacktail just east OF the
pump station and about fifty yards from
1t. Even though our analy -is ut this time
shows Iav"rabIy. these gentlemen think it
will be interesting to note the effect OF six
or twelve months constant pun ping on
both the seepage and eubterranean flow al
water. And they do most positively assert
that the present location VI the pump sta.
ton and tank OF the Silver Bow Water
Company is not q suitable place from y b'ch
to supply the city with water. Your com.
mittee concur ia this opinion. In conclu.
son We would suggest that the Council na-
thoriSe the Health Committee to have ~
analysis made after The c,mpany have been
pumping the water continuously from the
tank for some weeks.
CHAs p. HOUGH,
FRAKK BArEMAN,
w. b. KENYON,
VIZ. OwsLEY,
COMMITTEES.
On motion the report Of the Health Com.
mittee was adopted. The street number
ing question was then brought up, and
Major DnIman addressed the Council,
speaking very strongly in favor Of the St.
Louis or Philadelphia system Of 100 mum.
bers to q block. The several gentlemen
~ho are seeking the contract for the num-
boring al-o endorsed that system. The
Mayor appointed two additional members
Of the numbering committee, who will
name the alleys 30 that an ordinance can
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